diff --git a/src/reducers/src/vis-state-updaters.ts b/src/reducers/src/vis-state-updaters.ts
index 967d898521..5394be8e3a 100644
--- a/src/reducers/src/vis-state-updaters.ts
+++ b/src/reducers/src/vis-state-updaters.ts
@@ -2712,7 +2712,7 @@ export function setPolygonFilterLayerUpdater(
   return setFilterUpdater(newState, {
     idx: filterIdx,
     prop: 'layerId',
-    value: newLayerIds
+    value: newLayerIds || newLayerId
   });
 }